"TomKa" news and stories

I woke up today with a craving for a Thai style soup. It's already becoming a hot summer day and I wanted something light, spicy, and super tasty for a late lunch. After looking through my fridge I started pulling out the surplus items crowding the interior.

I had picked up a ton of treats over the last few days from farm markets, local fishermen, and the superb supermarket near me. A small Italian eggplant; a medium zucchini; young Bok Choy; fresh early summer radishes in shades of white, pink, and red; some long, thin, baby carrots; super tart Key limes; and a meaty, white, firm, chunk of haddock.

In the furthest reaches of the back of the fridge lay tubs of assorted Thai curries. I pulled out the Green Curry paste and Tom Ka soup paste. The Tom Ka paste is very basic; a tangy collection of salt, galangal, lemongrass, soybean oil, sugar, and spices. The Green Curry is fragrant and fiery with green chilies, garlic, shallots, lemongrass, salt, spices, and galangal.

What else did I need? Of, right... coconut milk from the top closet and soy sauce from the bottom. Finally I gingerly stretched into the back of my cupboard for an often neglected bottle of potent fish sauce.